Force ROTC. Athletic Facilities The Blazer baseball team plays at Billy Grant Field located on the Valdosta State North Campus. The complex includes the baseball field house, which opened in the spring of 1997, and an indoor batting and pitching building for baseball and softball. The Softball field is located adjacent to Billy Grant Field and opened in the fall of 1999. A new Softball Field house was opened in 2007. Future Expansion Close proximity of the campus to South Georgia Medical Center, the largest healthcare facility in the region, and similar interests between VSU and SGMC have led to a cooperative mission to foster a new health sciences program, which would be housed in the near future on the southeast side of North Campus. The 'Medical Park' would be home to academic programs such as Nursing, Communication Disorders, Social Work, Sports Medicine/ Athletic Training, Exercise Physiology, and Business Administration. The complete project would include a facility containing 3 auditoriums, 27 classrooms, 4 computer labs, 44 computer classrooms, and 6 multipurpose and conference rooms. The North Campus expansion also anticipates future plans for another $30 million of construction for residence halls and dining facilities. In 2004 the $46 million project was placed on the University System of Georgia capital project list. In June 2008 South Georgia Medical pledged over $1 million in support of the development of VSU's anticipated Health Science and Business Administration Facility. The Board of Regents approved this project in 2010 and construction was anticipated to begin in January 2011 and be completed by the Summer of 2012, but was put off by state budget cuts. In 2011 VSU received approximately $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for initial planning and $2.8 million for architectural design from the Georgia Legislature. The project received a large portion of the remainder of funding from the Georgia Fiscal Year 2013 budget. On April 30, 2012 VSU held a community celebration for the Health Sciences and Business Administration building on the lawn of North Campus that included guests such as Georgia State Sen. Tim Golden, Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle and Georgia state Reps. Amy Carter, Jason Shaw, and Ellis Black. On October 4, 2012 an official groundbreaking, presided over by new university President William McKinney and featuring many of the guest from the previous event, was held at the site of the